you can't educate an audience and make them laugh at the same time. so when a guy goes on tv and crack as joke and the audience laughs, that means they believe in his premise. in this cyber age it's a way of getting news. what happens. >> so this is fascinating. it's not just thaz the politician has to be funny but he has to have the aud yensz with him in order to make the joke work. if you are funny, you're a successful candidate, bingo. >> it mean you have a great set. or you crushed it as we say downtown. >> or you had very good joke writers. >> yes, sir. >> darrell hammond. >> thank you, sir. >> interesting footnote. current tv's coverage will be anchored by a man who knows something about these high-stakes encounters, al gore, the co-founder of the network who famously lost to george w. bush will be front and center as he was during current's coverage of the democratic convention. i'm not expecting a whole lot of sympathy for mitt romney. when he came out, he assured him he did not cost him the 2000 election although it was the 5,037 votes in flo